Stick-file.



N0. 888,472. PATENTED MAY 26, 1908.

STICK FILE.

APPLICATION IILED APB. 2.1907.

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' The top section or sections may be folded ether end to end, the bottomsection being cidental detachment of the sheets.

CHARLES'BnCOOK, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

. STICK-FILE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 2c, 1908.

Application filed April 2, 1907. Serial No. 366,028.

To all whom it may concern} Be it known that I, CHARLES B. CooK, a 1citizen of the United States, residin in Harti ford, in the county ofHartford an State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Stick-Files, of Which the following is a specification:

This invention relates to stick-files in which a post is fixed upon abase and providedwith a sharp point that readily penetrates a sheet ofpaper, so that a large number of sheets may be stuck upon the post forconvenience in reservation and reference.

t is found in prac ice that When a stickfile is nearly filled with paers, the top sheets are liable to slip off acci entally and sometimes tobe blown ofi and lost. Moreover, the point of the high and rigid post-issometimes a source of accidental injury to the hand of the user. Thenecessarily great length of the post is also an objection in handlingand shipping the stick files, because they are liable on account oftheir length to become injured, and they take up much room in shipment.i

The object of the present invention is -to overcome the aforesaidobjections, and to produce a file upon which the papers shall besecurely retained, even when the file is full of sheets closelycompacted together, and which shall not be liable to injure the hand ofthe user nor liable to become bent or broken in handling, nor undulybulky for shipment.

In carrying out this invention, there is erected upon a suitable base asingle post in the form of a series of sections hinged tofastenedrigidly upon thebase and thetop section being tapered or pointed topenetrate the paper. Shoulders are rovided at each hinge to prevent thesections from being turned past the proper vertical position.

down upon the sheets that are impaled upon the post, so as to preventpossibility of ac- The point of the post may be turned downwardly, ifdesired, so that it will be impossible to injure the hand of the user.The upper sections of the post may be folded down toward the base,thereby effecting great economy of room in shipment, and owing to thecompact form assumed by the device when the 0st is folded down, it isnot liable to injury in handling,

' is a detail of one of the post-sections.

after appear. In the accompanym l r is a perspective v1e w o astlck-pile made 1n.

.accordancewith the present improvements and illustrating the manner inwhich sectioris ofthe 0st may be folded over. Fig. 2 is a. sectionaelevation of the device.

' Fig. 4 is an elevation of the stick-file partlyin sec-' tion. Fig. 5is an elevation of the upper portion of the post, but showing theopposite side from Fig. 4. Fig. 6 illustrates a stickfileadapted to behung upon the wall. Fig.- 7 illustrates the manner in which the upperportion of the stick-file maybe bent overtogether with the sheetsthereon, for convenience in reading one of the bottom sheets. Fig. 8 isa perspective view showing two posts on a single base adapted to foldtowards each other, so that their points meet.

The stick-file comprises a metal or other base 1, from which rises asmooth cylindrical post 2 comprising a bottom section 3 suitablyshouldered and riveted to the base, as at 4, and one or more topsections 5, 6,7, 8, said sections all hinged together endwise at 9. Ateach hinge, one section is preferably formed with a tenon 10 and theother section with a corresponding. mortise 11, so as to Fig. 3"

Other features and advantages will hereindrawings, Figure 1 I leaveabutting shoulders, as at 12, 13 and 14,

Fig. 4-, thus conducing to the rigidity of the post when extended.Sincethere are three pairs of abutting'shoulders 'at each hinge, .a'strong post is produced without the necessity of flanges or projectionsand forming practically a'single unbroken stable or substantially rigidbody, such as is desirable for the purpose of a stick, file.

together, so that it is difficult to move the joints, 'therebcontributing to the stiffness} and serviceab eness of the post. Thelatter when extended is fixed against movement in all directionscxceptone, and owing to the stiffness of the joints, it is difficult tobend the post in that one direction. The topmost section 15 is pointedas at 16, and is prefer-- ably shorter than the other sections, and maybe conveniently bent over to a horizontal position to lock the sheetsupon the 0st, as seen in dotted lines at Fig. 2, in whic osition it isnot liable to injure the user. he invention is also adapted for otheruses.

Variations may be resorted to within the I It will be underi stood thatthe joints are also tightly fitted together with the sheets thereon, toenable one of the lower sheets upon the section 3 to be readconveniently; and it will also be un derstood that the sheets may belifted one at a time from the section 3 and passed over on the section5for reading the sheets seriatim. The bent down section 15 prevents thesheets from falling off from the section 5.

In the different forms of the invention, the pintles 17 of the hingesare referably parallel, so that the opening an -closing movements of thehinges are in a single direction.

At Fig. 6, the base 1 is in the form of a vertical plate secured by ascrew 18 to a wall 19; the section 3 being horizontal, and the sec-.tion 5 being normallyin horizontal position,

as shown. The pointed section 15 is turned up for convenience inimpaling the sheets thereon, and for retaining the sheets after they areslipped back along the sections 5 and 3.

. In Fig. 8 are shown two posts on a single base 1, erected uponopposite corners of the base. These'posts fold'towards each other andtheir points may meet as'.illustrated, so

that papers filed u on ileither post maybe slipped readily ofi OIIlf.one onto the other. The base 1 may also behun upon a wall in the mannerseen at Fig- 6 Wit one post lying directly over the other one or in thesame horizontal plane as may be desired- I claim the structure shown atFig. 8, as Well as that shown at the other figures of the drawings.

1 Having thus described my invention, I c aim:

1. A stick file comprising a base and a section erected thereon andfired thereto, a]

guard-section having a point, and an intervening section or portionhinged to both of said sections to ermit the sheets to be slipped upfrom the liase-section on to the intervening section, the'guard-sectionserving to prevent escape of-sheets from the stick-file, and also havinga sharp point.

2. A stick-file comprlslng abase and a sin gle stick-posterectedthereon, said post consisting of sections hinged together end toend andforminga single substantially unbroken cylindrical body, and eachlowersection having at the joint means to support the next sectionabove, to form a substantially ri id post; the lowermost section fixedrigic ly upon the .base, and thetop section formed with a sharp oint.

3. A sticke comprising a base and a single substantially rigid stickpost erected thereon, said post consisting of sections forming togethera substantially unbroken cylindrical body and united end to end by meansof hinges to permit any upper section to lie transverse to the bottomsection, the .pintles of the hinges being parallel, and cooperativeshoulders formed upon the adjoining ends of all the sections, to preventthe hinges'from'opening furtherafter the sections reach upri htpositions; the bottom section fixed rigidly to said base, and the topsection formed with a sharp point.

4. A stick-file comprising a base and a single substantially rigisisting of numerous cylindrical sections jointed together end to end, toform a smooth stem collapsible only in a single direction;

the bottom section being fixed to the base,

and the top section being formed with a sharp point.

CHAS. B. 000

WVitnesses i GEORGE HENKE, EDWIN 0. SMITH.

